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The night of January 16th was a wake up call for me as I began to receive calls telling me that our company web server and email service was down.

I found out how easy it is to bring down a company’s online activities. All of our internet communication and presence was disrupted. I have heard of major banks losing their web sites due to an attack, but I didn’t think it would happen to us.

Join the FBI’s InfraGard and the Cloud Security Alliance South Florida chapters as they join forces to present “Anatomy of a Cyber Attack”.

The STEM Advisory Board is recruiting industry speakers for breakout sessions at the upcoming 7th Annual Student/Industry Conference. Concurrent breakout sessions follow the keynote from 10:15-11:15 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Please click here to download the speaker form. Please contact [email protected] if you would like to present a session on one of the defined topics. More..

Employers planning to participate in Internships are recommended to attend the Employer Internship Preparation session from 8am to 9am. Please click here for the Miami-Dade County Public Schools NAF Internships form.

Alex serves on the STEM Advisory Board and is the Immediate past chair of the Academy Of Information Technology (AOIT).

Microsoft App Labs For Windows 8 Developers

In partnership with Microsoft and the South Florida Digital Alliance (SFDA), Barry University will host 2 events this Spring semester aimed at providing hands on experience on developing and deploying applications for the Windows 8 environment (coding boot-camps like events).

Our annual "State of the CIO" event coming up this April 25th, 2013 at the Signature Grand. Looking forward to seeing you there!

Gary Beach, Publisher Emeritus of CIO Magazine, will deliver the keynote address and moderate a panel of industry leaders regarding the Tech Skills Gap facing our nation and what IT executives are doing about it.

WITI South Florida – Shifting Your Career into High Gear Lesley Frohman

On Wednesday, March 20th, you are invited to join us at the Peak10 offices in Fort Lauderdale. You will learn from successful women IT executives, about their successes and what it takes to rise to the top of an organization. More..

Calling all Women DevelopersStaff reporter

Girl Geek Dinner is looking for women speakers – if you are working in the software development space and would like to speak at an upcoming Girl Geek Dinner, then please contact Janina Acosta [email protected] with your information.

Azure Road show for South FloridaHerve Roggero

Microsoft’s Blain Barton is planning a roadshow in Florida starting in March 2013 until June 2013. We will visit many cities (twice), so if you haven’t signed up yet, now is the time! Space is running short already! I will be one of the presenters at most of the locations, along with Adnan Cartwright, MVP, (www.fisg.us). We will talk IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) in Microsoft Azure, so don’t miss out! More..

Costa Rica CodeCamp and SQL Saturday #189 – April 13 Staff reporter

SherlockTech is proud to sponsor Two fantastic events, one beautiful location. Costa Rica CodeCamp and SQL Saturday #189 are on the horizon. Held at the Aurola Holiday Inn Downtown Hotel and Conference center, San Jose, CodeCamp is a full day of learning about software programming and new technologies. With multiple tracks and expert speakers, you will learn more than you ever expected Click here for more info.

Alex servers as International Chair of Costa Rica CodeCamp.

Closes Wednesday! Vote for Apps and Support Local DevelopersJason Milgram and Robert Hellestrae

I’m hoping you can help both Robert Hellestrae and Jason Milgram.They both have entries in the Windows 8 Apps Contest – Luckily, they are not competing against each other. There are two entry categories, best ‘social good’ Windows 8 app and best ‘social good’ Windows Phone app. Robert is entered into the Windows 8 category, Jason’s app is entered into the Windows Phone category. Each person gets three votes to cast.

You must purchase a WordCamp Miami ticket by 11:59 EST March 13th to be guaranteed a t-shirt.

WordCamp Miami is one of the largest and longest running community organized events in South Florida, and put together by local WordPress users and web developers. Over 40 speakers from both the local area and across the globe come to give talks and training on subjects ranging from blogging, social networking, SEO, WordPress development, design, and business advice for freelancers. Over 400 showed up last year and made it a sold out event.More..

Try the new ‘Apply with LinkedIn’ button on our website and leverage the power of your profile when applying for a position through the SherlockTech Staffing website. More..

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